Flowers

Im looking for something to be able to harden flowers, or even petals, in order to use them for scrapbooking and such… some sort of clear, hard, but thin, & durable type of coating… ANY ideas what would work ??

My Aunt did that to her wedding bouquet… I’m not sure what she did to them; perhaps spray modge-podge on them?

But if you want to use them in scrapbooking, I suggest drying/flattening them first, and then doing the hardening thing.

4 Responses

1. Michael Says:
   March 2nd, 2010 at 7:34 am

   liquid nitrogen, or hot wax
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2. Jenny Says:
   March 2nd, 2010 at 7:59 am

   If you want to use flowers for scrapbooking, you don’t even need to harden them. Just flatten them out & let them dry. You can flatten them out by closing them in a book and leaving it there for several days. Then, just place it on the scrapbooking paper where you want it, & put the scrapbooking paper in between the plastic pages.
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3. DaysofSweetLight Says:
   March 2nd, 2010 at 8:38 am

   Hi,
   If I want to dry my flowers I catch them before they start to die so you’ll have one less day to enjoy them. Hang them upside down by the stems. I just put string around all the stems and hang them in the craft room. You will see how well they dry.
   Also any store like Michael’s sells a little tub of powder that you actually surround a blossom with by putting in a bowl or something and covering it. It tells you how to put it in the microwave and your flower will be dry in a matter of hours.

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4. emo.cherries Says:
   March 2nd, 2010 at 9:25 am

   My Aunt did that to her wedding bouquet… I’m not sure what she did to them; perhaps spray modge-podge on them?

   But if you want to use them in scrapbooking, I suggest drying/flattening them first, and then doing the hardening thing.
   References :

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